- Paperback: 305 pages
- Publisher: Curbside Pr (July 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 097415590X
- ISBN-13: 978-0974155906
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.7 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 249 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,798,703 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A MUST READ!, Oct 19 2003
By Sandra - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Stranger to the System: Life Portraits of a New York City Homeless Community (Paperback)
This is a must read for everyone. Jim Flynn does an extraordinary job compiling the life stories of the homeless in New York City. This book will bring laughs as well as tears. You will feel as if you actually know the people personally, especially since all of the stories are in the first-person. This book allows the homeless to be heard as people, not as throw-aways of society. A powerful and important book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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An excellent social dissertation, Feb 3 2006
By Nettlesbyu - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Stranger to the System: Life Portraits of a New York City Homeless Community (Paperback)
This study of homelessness brings you to the realization that being homeless is just a step away for any of us. It give you an insight into the lives of the homeless in NY; once you get to know them you realize that these are gifted and talented people who through a quirk of fate... This is a book you can't put down; you travel from story to story with a sense of urgency, the need to learn more about each source. You will laugh a little, you will cry a little and you will be transformed.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Stunning book..., Sep 25 2003
By Sera Corby - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Stranger to the System: Life Portraits of a New York City Homeless Community (Paperback)
I recently went to NY and bought this book from a street vendor. I didn't have any real expectations from the book, but when I started reading I could not put it down. This book seems to be a real, open and honest look into the lives of people that I would otherwise not have though twice about.Thank to Jim Flyn and all the people that contributed to this book for bringing these enlightening stories into my life. I'm now about to order several copies of the book to give to friends and family.
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